Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22

our command for further comment on
this subject.
The st. Johns Musical Society met
with very gratifying success in the
presentation Of the Mikado, at Tacoma
and Seattle. At the former place they
played to $266 house, and at Seattle
one OF 1904, and if the performance
could have been repeated at either
place, as was desired, the receipts
would have been much larger The
expenses Of the trip necessarily large
for company OF Al persons, cuts the
net amount realized down to about
$50, which added to the profits of the
two entertainments here, give an ag-
gregate of about 1925 for the organ
fund. Mr. O'Brien is entitled to much
credit for the very thorough training
he has given company composed ex-
clusively Of amateurs, and the very ar
tistic manner in which has mounted
the piece.
The Messrs. Talcott have what APP
pears to be the perfection of sewing
machine evolution. 1t is the New
Singer. Its appearance, which is a
matter of some importance in ma
chinery, designed solely for the ma
nipulation of fair hands, is superb, the
finely finished base and arm being en-
bellished with elegant floral designs in
color and gold. Among the novel
specialties of the New Singer We note
fiat-sided needle that is adjusted by
touch, an equipoise shuttle that can
be dropped into the race without spe-
cial adjustment and can be threaded
by a simple "turn of the wrist" an at
tachment that admits of winding the
bobbin without running any other
part of the machine, shifter that
throws off and on the belt simply by
turning lever, and provisions every
where on the running parts for taking
up lost motion, and keeping the ma
chine as noiseless in operation as when
it comes out of the factory. In this
respect, the New Singer is simply mar
vellous. Its parts are so nicely ad-
justed, that when run at full speed it
scarcely makes more noise than a par
lor clock. 1t possesses the high arm,
so much preferred, five drawers and
an endless variety of attachments
The care with which this acme of me-
chanical skill is constructed may be
inferred from a statement of the fact
that the extension table of the ma
chine is constructed of five distinct
layers of wood, SO disposed as to cross
the grain in all directions, obviating
all danger of checking, splitting or
warping. The ladies should call and
see these beautiful and useful articles
of everyday necessity, which are sold
for $65, and which may be paid for in
monthly installments of S..
At the family residence, in Shelton,
Mason county, April 18th, Mrs. Fran
els, wife of Hon. David Shelton, aged
20 years and 26days, departed this
life. Deceased was born in Whitley
county, Kentucky, March 10th, 1877.
With her mother and the remainder
of the family, she emigrated to Mis-
souri,, in 1885. She was married to
David Shelton, May 80, 1887, when
she and her husband emigrated to
what was then the Territory of Oregon,
in 1847, and settled on the lower
Willamette. In February, 1852, they
removed to Olympia. After living in
this city until April Is, 1853, they
finally removed to the head of
Hamersley's inlet, now known as Big
Skookum Bay, Mason county. Mrs.
Shelton was the first white woman
who settled in that portion of our Ter
ritory. She was the mother of eleven
children, six of whom survive her.
These are Lewis d. w., of Seattle, J.
Speed w., L. Tilmon, Miss Mary E.,
of Olympia, James B. and Mrs. Joyce
A. Monson, of San Francisco, Cal.
She was dutiful and loving wife and
mother, and good neighbor. The
funeral was held at ! o'clock, p. M,
Sunday the IL inst, at the Masonic
cemetery. Services were conducted
by Mr.. Robert Rawson, who read
Bryant's Soliloquy on Death, as intro
ductory to the remarks which fol-
lowed. The speaker said he personally
knew that the deceased believed in q
future state of existance, which know
ledge was a great compfort to her,
and she trusted that when she de-
parted this life, it was to enter upon a
higher and more glorious one. She
had been a firm believer in the Spirit
ual Philosophy for more than thirty
years, and during that time and in
that belief had attained higher plane
of living here. Mrs. P. C. Hale assist
ed in reading the poem, "Our Loved
Ones Gone Before"